Portable oil-drain pan



Sept. 22; 1925. 1,554,589

l.. D. LONG PORTABLE OIL DRAIN 'PAN Filed March 16, 1925 my. j.

ATTORNEYS shape having its Patented Sept. 22, 1925.

UNITED STATES LEONARD D. LONG, OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.

PORTABLE OIL-DRAIN PAN.

Application led March 16, 1925. Serial No. 16,078.

To aZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, LEONARD D. LONG, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of Charleston, in thecounty of Charleston and State of South Carolina, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Poi-,table Oil-Drain Pans, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to portable drain pans and has for its object theprovision of a device which may be readily transported from place toplace to receive the spent oil from crank cases so that it will'not benecessary for the owner of a car to drlve the same to a garage or otherplace for the purpose of removing the oil.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a device which maybe readily and easily placed beneath the crank case of a car to receivethe spent oil of the crank case, the device being equipped with a funnelfor directing the oil to the tank and a bale adjacentthe funnel toprevent splashing ocf1 the oil when the tank is being transorte l P Thisinvention will be best understood from a consideration of the followingdetailed description, in view of the accompanying drawing forming a partof the speciication; nevertheless it is to be understood that theinvention is notconned to the disclosure, being susceptible 'of suchchangesand modifications which shall de-` line no material departurefrom the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appendedclaims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side view of the portable tank.

Figure 2 is 'a plan View of the same.

Figure 3 is a rear end view of the tank.

Figure 4 is a fragmentaryvertical section showing a detail of the frameand rollers.

Referringmore particularly to the drawings, the tank consists of acontainer 1 shown as rectangular and preferably an oblong in frontportion 2 covered with a flat top as 3. The rear half portion of thecontainer has a depressed cover delining a funnel 5 and' is secured inany approved manner to the upper edges of the rear end wall and of theside walls beyond said cover 3. The apex of the funnel which iseccentrically disposed with respect to the top ofthe container has anopening 6 to .portion ofthe frame to direct the spent oil interior ofthe tank.

A screen 7 is secured across the opening through'which the oil is pouredto remove foreign particles and act as a guard to prevent tools fromfalling into the tank.

A baiiie comprising a plurality of plates 8 is secured at the apex ofthe funnel and depends below opening 6 and wholly surrounds said openingto prevent splashing of the oil when the tank is conveyed from one placeto another. The baffle terminates above the base of the tank to permitthe oil to How to all parts of the tank and to be drained from said tankwhen a cap or plug 9 is removed from the drain pipe 10V located at therear of said container at substantially the level of the bottom thereof,the pipe 10` being seated in an opening in the rear cross bar of theframe. The baille is preferably of a crank case to the be of anyconfiguration desired.

The container is removablyV supported on a frame generally designated bythe numeral 11 and made of The side bars 12 and the front and rear endbars'13 forming the frame are secured together in any approved manner,or they may be made in a single bar and then bent to shape.

Rollers 14 mounted in are secured to the frame, support said frame fortransportation. The frame is swiveled to the plate 16 and a ball bearingis disposed between the plate and bracket to facilitate conveyance.

The `forward end of the frame has projecting ears 17 between which ispivoted a tongue 18 having a hand grip 19, the tongue being of materiallength whereby the container can be readily shoved under the car eitherfrom the front or side to properly position it beneath the crank case,and to otherwisey manipulatethe device.

Two rollers or casters are located at the rear of said tank andpreferably a single roller or caster is positioned below that which is'adjacent brackets 15 which the tongue 18.

I claim 1. A portable oil container consisting of an oblong covered panhaving portions of the cover sloping inwardly to den nel, an opening atthe apex of said funnel eccentrically disposed in said cover, aplurality of plates depending from the cover angle iron construction. 4

rectangular in cross section but ea funand wholly surrounding the epexopenin roller truck` frame, and a` draft `tongue 'of and constltutingbales therefor, the .sai material length at one end of said truck 10lates terminating above and free from the frame. ottom of the pan, aretioulated guard plate 2. device as set yforth in claim 1, the 5 in theapex opening, afdrain plug. inserted angle lron frame having an o eningin one in one end of the :pan at substantially the 8I1d fdpted t0receive the rain plug to level of the bottom thereof, said containeraddltlonauy aIlChOI the pan in the frame. removably mounted within an'angle'ron LEONARD D. LONG.

